Nepalese
of or relating to Nepal, its inhabitants, or their language.
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How to use Nepalese in a sentence
Every high school needs a Sarah Quintenz, who updates the English-language learner curriculum because “what worked for Nepalese students didn’t always work for Syrian kids.”
At a Chicago high school, helping refugee students navigate American life | Martha Toll | August 27, 2021 | Washington PostChildren of a Nepalese father and foreign-born mother are granted citizenship by descent while children of a Nepalese mother and foreign-born father are not.
He was leading a rope-fixing team of 11 Sherpas, according to the Nepalese guide company Seven Summit Treks.
At the end of last week, the Nepalese government closed the airport to all flights but two a day to India, stranding many visitors.
Also like India, the Nepalese government had allowed mass gatherings and resisted lockdowns, and was criticized for opening its side of Mount Everest to bring in tourists.
Indians Run for the Exits, Taking COVID Risks With Them to Nepal, Dubai From a Dying Nation | Barbie Latza Nadeau | May 7, 2021 | The Daily Beast
“GNRD has zealously fought to eliminate abuse of Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar,” the organization said in a statement.
It also has a nasty civil rights record of expelling its Nepalese minority of the country.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJonas Fleury used to sell homemade liquor and food to the Nepalese soldiers.
United Nations Still Denies its Troops Brought Cholera to Haiti | Jonathan M. Katz | April 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLong-eared statues show Nepalese influence, even the Buddhist images being girt with the sacred cord of Brahma.
Through the Malay Archipelago | Emily RichingsSome of the inhabitants of Phari say that it was built more than a hundred years ago, when the Nepalese were overrunning Sikkim.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund CandlerHe says that the Nepalese highly prize this little animal for its services in ridding houses of rats.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon | Robert A. SterndaleCardamoms are a valuable crop in the same locality, and also in the Nepalese Himalayas.
They were very hardy and got on well with the Tibetans, who were always rather suspicious of our Nepalese coolies.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
British Dictionary definitions for Nepalese
/ (ˌnɛpəˈliːz) /
of or relating to Nepal or its inhabitants
a native or inhabitant of Nepal
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